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Locality Name:
Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 17476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 258
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 173

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
Arlington
Baring
Beckler River
Bedal Creek
Big Four Mountain
Canyon Creek
Cedar Ponds
Cloudy Pass
Darrington
Darrington District
Eagle Creek
Evergreen Mountain Area
Fire Creek Pass
Galena
Glacier Peak District
Gold Mountain
Granite Falls
Gray Mare Claim (Old Gray Mare Claim)
Hogarty Creek
Howard Creek
Index
Index District
Johnson Ridge
Jordan
Lewis Creek
Mineral City
Monroe
Monte Cristo District
Mount Pilchuck
North Fork Skykomish River
Onley Pass
Silver Creek
Silver Creek District
Silverton District
Stillaguamish River
Sultan District
Troublesome Creek
Trout Creek
West Fork Sauk River

Latitude: 47°57'40"N
Longitude: 121°29'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.961111111111,-121.49944444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryte
BerthieriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHalotrichiteKaolinite
LawsoniteLudwigiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentPentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStaurolite
StibniteStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineValleriiteVesuvianite
VivianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

123 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bílinite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Euchroite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Kotoite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Mercury  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Padĕraite  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Pekoite  (*)Pennantite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Volynskite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12856752793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212856153419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2285618,2857058803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)34285619,285656,285753,2858452353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61285821966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52285654,2857521310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)221212285635,2856653092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1285744445
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12856181036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12857283250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1285732379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31285677231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS282133285632,285643,285665,285726,285733,285736,285737,285739,285743,285744,285747,285748,285749,285757,285768,285771,285792,285808,285809,285810,285814,285815,285816,285817,285820,285825,285826,285836,285850,285853,285855,285856,2858609052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612858552060
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21285857260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)221212285665,2857065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)28283285856,285860,28586211547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41285632343
Bílinite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·22H2O128583916
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi21213285665,285853,2858601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312858111935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4282826285624,285674,285679,285681,285687,285689,285691,285694,285698,285703,285706,285712,285714,285716,285717,285723,285725,285731,285734,285762,285780,285823,285835,285838,285856,2858605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)31285666,285671,285681,285687,285689,285691,285703,285709,285714,285723,285728,285730,285736,285737,285744,285747,285748,285754,285808,285809,285814,285816,285817,285818,285820,285834,285835,285838,285853,285854,28585527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)12856881252
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41285630352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S21217285665,285687,285703,285706,285711,285723,2857315707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2282195285624,285632,285636,285637,285643,285647,285649,285660,285665,285667,285670,285674,285679,285681,285687,285689,285691,285692,285694,285698,285699,285703,285706,285709,285711,285712,285714,285716,285717,285723,285725,285733,285734,285735,285736,285737,285739,285744,285747,285748,285751,285755,285757,285759,285760,285762,285763,285764,285770,285772,285776,285778,285780,285781,285783,285785,285787,285788,285792,285795,285797,285799,285800,285801,285802,285807,285808,285809,285810,285811,285813,285814,285815,285816,285817,285818,285820,285821,285823,285825,285826,285828,285834,285835,285836,285838,285841,285842,285844,285850,285853,285855,285856,285860,28586227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42285636,2858343902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2285670,2857443531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3285637,285644,2856722600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812858601756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2285854,2858551025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1285632966
Copper  (*)CopperCu21214285665,285689,285772,2858533846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182285720,2857521008
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51285801344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS21212285665,2856704165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32285636,285744802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21285719327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O21212285665,2857032970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O64285615,285652,285804,2858554135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212856319895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS421211285665910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)282111285612,285613,285618,285665,285683,285687,285747,285854,285855,285856,2858608173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2285744,285747814
Euchroite  (*)NoneCu2(AsO4)(OH)·3H2O128574724
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212856879617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)2285635,2856471188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS282131285647,285665,285667,285674,285675,285684,285736,285739,285747,285748,285760,285764,285768,285776,285787,285801,285807,285809,285810,285813,285814,285815,285816,285817,285820,285834,285844,285850,285853,285856,28586024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu212116285619,285637,285665,285673,285678,285746,285754,285773,285832,285845,285847,285848,285849,285853,285865,28586630554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)328284285707,285855,285856,2858571544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O62285854,285855741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37285694,285712,285714,285731,285802,285834,28583614640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41285620407
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612856741066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O321212285665,2857455433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O61285652154
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141285747784
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S128586086
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)428214285665,285689,285856,2858605591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21285630230
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2128563620
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2285744,285747593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12858551271
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1285639121
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1285636134
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)2285636,285744451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12856721487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44285610,285714,285834,28583614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)221218285665,285670,285703,285717,285744,285755,285835,28583812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS221218285638,285665,285689,285799,285800,285836,285838,2858395674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81285744161
Mercury  (*)NoneHg6285637,285644,285814,285816,285817,285820397
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2285683,2857064924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2282112285665,285689,285731,285751,285755,285826,285835,285836,285838,285855,285856,2858605800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31285755140
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12858551508
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O128583984
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)228216285612,285624,285665,285856,285858,28586017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1285744633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As31285744176
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31285677511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2285753,2858602349
Padĕraite  (*)NoneCu7[(Cu,Ag)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S22128580110
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O1285744105
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S18128586039
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)82285706,28575025
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S85285636,285744,285835,285839,2858441512
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2285835,285838494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)24285616,285683,285855,2858571898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312858091425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2282173285632,285637,285638,285643,285660,285665,285672,285674,285679,285681,285687,285689,285692,285694,285699,285706,285709,285711,285712,285714,285716,285726,285728,285733,285734,285735,285736,285737,285739,285743,285744,285747,285748,285749,285755,285757,285759,285762,285764,285770,285773,285776,285781,285788,285792,285797,285800,285801,285802,285807,285808,285809,285811,285813,285814,285815,285816,285817,285818,285820,285821,285825,285826,285828,285834,285835,285836,285838,285839,285853,285856,285860,28586239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212856333106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8282126285636,285665,285667,285737,285744,285746,285747,285778,285790,285805,285808,285809,285811,285814,285816,285817,285818,285820,285834,285836,285838,285850,285853,285855,285856,2858609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2282174285613,285618,285625,285628,285630,285631,285632,285638,285643,285649,285665,285667,285670,285672,285674,285681,285683,285687,285689,285691,285700,285703,285705,285706,285709,285714,285716,285721,285723,285726,285728,285736,285737,285739,285742,285743,285744,285747,285748,285750,285751,285755,285762,285763,285768,285776,285781,285800,285801,285802,285807,285808,285809,285811,285813,285816,285817,285818,285819,285820,285821,285825,285826,285828,285834,285835,285836,285838,285850,285853,285855,285856,285857,28586061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS21217285665,285677,285736,285743,285747,285748,285808712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12856331711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1285633969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212856105614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)282113285618,285665,285755,285809,285821,285825,285826,285828,285834,285835,285838,285856,2858604894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12857532705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12857311153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)21212285665,2856726417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2285689,2858535186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS282123285665,285667,285674,285675,285709,285736,285737,285739,285747,285748,285762,285768,285801,285809,285828,285834,285835,285836,285850,285853,285856,285860,28586221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS45285814,285816,285817,285818,285820668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)3285619,285620,285740978
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1285630446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34285630,285632,285736,2857433418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O2285616,285652456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12858392045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41285808337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)221215285635,285665,285689,285850,2858533337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31285636276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13212112856651803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12857311101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S137285632,285637,285787,285788,285809,285821,2858415317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4285618,285652,285854,2858554899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]2285636,285744237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102285854,2858551395
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2128586064
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312858551247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12856521025



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00054212121      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Scheelite, Siderite, SphaleriteCu17816Glacier Peak Mine (Miners Ridge Mine; Calumet Mine), Plummer Mountain, Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USAGlacier PeakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00055282828      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, SphaleriteCu18270Bren-Mac Mine (Sunrise Mine), Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USASunriseSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070136Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070136


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